Sam Mullins

Just before the detectives were about to head back to Devon, Elaine, quite shaken by all of this, asked, what should I do if Davis shows up or tries to contact me? And they said, not to worry. He likely won't. So in late October 1996, at the end of a very fruitful week of discovery, the police took stock of what they had.

They could prove conclusively that Davis was paying bills and signing documents as Ronald Platt. So they had him on that. But they didn't go and arrest him there and then, because everyone sensed there was more to this.

They could prove conclusively that Davis was paying bills and signing documents as Ronald Platt. So they had him on that. But they didn't go and arrest him there and then, because everyone sensed there was more to this.

Was he posing as Platt to do something nefarious? Did he need to stop being David Davis for some reason? Or was it something more? Was he involved in Ron's death? Because if Davis was in any way involved in Ron's drowning death in Devon, the police needed more.

Was he posing as Platt to do something nefarious? Did he need to stop being David Davis for some reason? Or was it something more? Was he involved in Ron's death? Because if Davis was in any way involved in Ron's drowning death in Devon, the police needed more.

To get to the truth, they needed one more thing on their side.

To get to the truth, they needed one more thing on their side.

When Clenehan and MacDonald put out their first wave of inquiries a couple weeks prior, one of the requests to the phone company took longer than the others to come back. And it was worth the wait.

When Clenehan and MacDonald put out their first wave of inquiries a couple weeks prior, one of the requests to the phone company took longer than the others to come back. And it was worth the wait.

The same phone that Davis was calling Clenahan anxiously on for the past few months had been pinging all around the coast in late July, both where and when Ron's body was found.

The same phone that Davis was calling Clenahan anxiously on for the past few months had been pinging all around the coast in late July, both where and when Ron's body was found.

He was signed into one B&B as David Davis, while Ron Platt was at another nearby. Why were they staying in different places in the same area at the same time? And then another bombshell. Someone said that he'd been seen on his boat in the River Dart.

He was signed into one B&B as David Davis, while Ron Platt was at another nearby. Why were they staying in different places in the same area at the same time? And then another bombshell. Someone said that he'd been seen on his boat in the River Dart.

So at this exact moment, as the police are getting Davis dead to rights through their investigation in Devon, 500 kilometers away, Elaine, who knows nothing of the police breakthroughs, is sitting at her desk.

So at this exact moment, as the police are getting Davis dead to rights through their investigation in Devon, 500 kilometers away, Elaine, who knows nothing of the police breakthroughs, is sitting at her desk.

Leeds is just 16 miles away.

Leeds is just 16 miles away.

Oh, my God, he's coming.

Oh, my God, he's coming.

With only 40 minutes until Davis arrived, Elaine had to scramble to prepare herself.